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w. L. BRADDOOK. GARTER ADJUSTER AND FASTENER.

No. 517,678. Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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VYARREN L BRADDOCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE. TO

MARCUS C. CLARKAND A. SPENCER COON, OF SAME PLACE.

GARTER ADJ UVSTERSAN o FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,678, dated April 3,1894. I

- Application filed August 7. 1893. Serial No. 482,497. (No man.)

This invention hasrelation to means for fastening a garter about theleg, giving proper position and direction to the tape or web of thegarter, as well also for adjusting the same with reference to legs ofvarying size and stocklngs of various lengths.

It is the objectof the invention to provide a device for the purposesmentioned, which may be made from a single'length of wire to render itsmanufacture, economic and simple, and which, at the same time, shall beserviceable and comfortable in a maximum degree. p

To these ends the invention consists of the x impmvement which I will.now proceed to/fl scribe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings and to the letters markedthereon,

forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating thesame parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings: -Figure 1 is a front-view of the lnvention complete,showing it as connected with webs or tapes and in position foruse. Fig.2 is a like view of the invention detached and drawn to an enlargedscale.

In the drawings a is the tape or Web of the garter which is-provided atone end with a suitable clasp b for fastening it to the stocking 0 ofthe wearer, and at the other end with a buckle d or other similar devicefor adjustably connecting the tape or web there-' 40 with, which buckleis provided with a hook e.

The parts so far mentionedinay be of the form shown in the drawings orof any other suited to the purpose.

It is Very desirable'in' garters of. this kind, in order to securecomfort inits use to maintain it in proper position on the leg that itshould slope or incline downward to theline whereit is attached to thestocking-that.is,

that it should be higher on the leg opposite the side on which it isconnected with the stocking, and slope or incline downward from thehigher point to the point on-line ofattachment-and that the web shouldlie flat at all points. It is to secure these ends, in addition to theadvantage mentioned at the outset of this specification, that myinvention has been contrived.

. f designates an oblong loop formed from a the eye g the wire is bentdownward to form a side bar h which extends at an angle of about fortydegrees to the course of the loop f, whence the wire is bent outward ona line substantially parallel with the loop f, as at i, thence the'wireextends upward to the open end of the loop f forming the bearing j. Withthis construction and arrangement of parts, the tape or web may bepassed through the loop f, around the bearing h, over the bearing j anddown under the bar 2', which will hold it in place onthe tape or web inposition so that the hook 6 can readily be vengaged with the eye 9, andthe parts will at all times lie fiat on the leg. Furthermore theangls ofthe loops and bearings are such as to guide the tapes in exactly thedesired direction. It is to be noted, moreover, that the device canreadily be moved to anypoint on the tape a, so as to adjust itto legs ofvaryingv size and to stockings :of different lengths. of its parts andwithout sharp angle or edge 'it' is not liable to chafe or unduly wearthe web, or be rendered uncomfortable to the wearer.

' (Having thus explained the nature of the As the contrivance issmooth'in allat the inner open end of said 1oop,.n bearing name to thisspecification, in the presence of 72 below the eye, a bar '6 extendingsubstnntwo subscribing witnesses, thislst day of Autlally parallel withthe oblongloop, and abeargust, A. D. 1893.

ing extending between the inner open end WARREN L. BRADDOOK. 5 of said100p and the outer end of the bar 2', as itnesses:

set forth. ARTHUR W. CROSSLEY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my A. D. HARRISON.

